*Translated: Media Design. Language: German.
Great professional freedom and plenty of room for your ideas. Your Media Design degree makes it possible.
With your degree in Media Design, you create an unmistakable appearance for products, companies and brands. And you will learn which creative tools you need to do this. Cross-media strategies and concepts are just as much a part of your daily tasks as web design, video editing and app development. With your Media Design degree programme at the IU International University of Applied Sciences (IU), you will acquire creative professional skills that are required in classic advertising or media agencies as well as in publishing houses or television. Online or print - Media Design in the most diverse fields is part of your job after your bachelor's degree in Media Design.
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Your studies in Media Design are opening a whole new range of opportunities for you and your career. Be ready to make an impact and to work in an industry as diverse as your learned skills.
As a motion designer, you set concepts in motion: You develop and design time-based media for various applications from gaming to exhibition design. Your skills include the visualisation and communication of audiovisual concepts and the production of these media, including animation and 3D rendering.
Analytical and creative - as a Mobile User Interface Designer, you will research usage problems, analyse and create requirement profiles. You will design information architectures for web apps, design and build prototypes for user interfaces and implement them visually. Your work optimises the user experience.
Creativity meets planning: as an exhibition designer, you will conceptualise exhibitions in various contexts. From the development of two-dimensional, three-dimensional and time-based content to the design of the space - you bring all aspects together. You will play a key role in the design of museums, trade fairs and many other exhibition situations. This is how you create experiences that stay in the memory.
You can study your Bachelor of Media Design in various study forms. This depends entirely on how your individual everyday life looks like and what prerequisites you have when you begin your studies. Here you find a good overview about the benefits of the different forms of study and which model will support you best on your personal path.
You study completely on your own terms. Get the perfect blend of innovative study tools, interactive study formats via video chat (live or on demand) and personal support.
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Good news: The IU is dispensing completely with a numerus clausus (NC). You don't have to go through an exhausting selection process or get credit for waiting semesters, because none of our degree programmes have a NC. We prefer to talk to you personally and together we can find out where your talents and strengths are. And most importantly, the goals you are pursuing with your studies. Please note that you have to take a creative aptitude test as an admission requirement for the study programme Media Design according to § 68 (2) ThürHG. You can get more information about this from your student advisory service.
You can study the Media Design bachelor’s degree through the distance learning programme completely on your own terms and with 100% flexibility. Thanks to the virtual learning format with interactive online courses, your IU studies can be completed entirely independent of time and place.
You can pursue the Media Design bachelor’s degree in the dual study programme at the following study locations: Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Leipzig, München or at the Virtual Campus, which makes your dual study programme possible anywhere in Germany.
Yes, we also make that possible at the IU. Alongside the entrance qualification in the form of an Abitur or Fachabitur, prospective students without an Abitur also have the opportunity to enter our bachelor’s programme. You can study Media Design without an Abitur if you are a state-certified technician/business economist, have a master craftsman's certificate or have completed at least two years of vocational training and have at least three years of professional experience.
The bachelor’s degree in Media Design through the distance learning programme lasts 36, 48, or 72 months, depending on which time model you choose.
The dual study programme usually takes 7 semesters. If you need more time and semesters for your studies, that’s absolutely no problem.
Media Design deals with everything related to digital media. Audio-visual media, apps, web design and photography play a major role in the field of Media Design. Depending on the study programme, the focus varies, e.g. on digital topics. People working in Media Design have artistic as well as technical skills and can manage both design and production processes. In times of digitalisation, Media Design nowadays focuses largely on web design and other digital products. The difference between Media Design and Graphic or Communication Design is the focus on craft skills. Here, the focus is more on print, corporate design or packaging design, while media design deals with motion, 3D, programming or interactive design.
Our free student advisory service has all the answers for you! We take the time to advise you individually and without obligation.
A university degree can open various doors for you and creates more opportunities for growth and freedom in your future. You can have more career opportunities than you would have without, and you will move up the career ladder much faster because you will be taught certain key skills that will be incredibly helpful in your specific field. Furthermore, some companies prefer academics for higher positions. Under the aspect of lifelong learning, you mainly invest in yourself and in your professional competences in the future. Plus: studying can be fun - in particular when education (like at the IU) is provided the way you want it to be.
After a compulsory design aptitude test, you can start your degree programme: We teach you comprehensive skills in the most diverse areas of Media Design. In addition to the theoretical methods of visual communication, the curriculum focuses on the practical implementation of projects. You develop ideas and implement your own concepts directly with the help of state-of-the-art software solutions. In this way, you will collect your first work for your very own individual design portfolio, which will make your career start as a Media Designer much easier.
With your studies in Media Design at the IU, you can shape your career in creative professional fields. Your ideas create the connection between digital and analogue communication worlds. So your career path works ideally with digitalisation and with Media Design you are in the right place if you are looking for a career with a future. Graduates who have studied at a Media Design university like the IU are needed for small and larger companies and are employed in marketing departments, among others.
